Franz Bassguitars Merak 5 string - boutique German Jazz bass £2500 Hampshire

[franzbassist]

PRICE DROP TO £2000

 

It pains me to sell this bass, but my wife gave me a Dingwall for Christmas and I cannot justify having four basses in the house!

 

This bass was built by Xaver Tremel in Bavaria.  I already have two of his basses, and I like his work so much I changed my Basschat handle to reflect this!

This is his take on the classic J bass and was finished in March 2023. I bought it new just before Christmas, so it's in absolutely mint condition.

 

 

 

The specs are as follows:

• European Alder Body
• Opal Green pearl lacquer finish
• 3-piece European Maple bolt-on neck with carbon fibre reinforcement
• 34.5" scale
• Smoked Eucalyptus Fretboard
• 10"-16" Compound Fingerboard Radius
• Maple Headstock
• Schaller Light Machine Heads
• ETS TuningFork 3D String-Thru-Body Bridge
• 19mm String Spacing
• Black Hardware
• Dunlop Straploks
• 2x Häussel JB Side by Side Pickups
• Glockenklang 2 band EQ
• Volume with push-pull active/passive, blend, bass, treble and a passive tone control
• Weight: 3.8 kg /8.5lbs

 

Strung with a new set of Newtone round core Platinum nickels through the body, it has a very lively, crisp and clear tone.  It's super light, so absolutely no shoulder fatigue or neck dive.

 

In taking the pictures I have noticed there is a slight finish flaw under the B string by the bridge plate, but it seems stable enough.  Close up photo added to show this.

 

The bass will comes in the original hard case, and the price includes insured shipping in the mainland UK.

 

Thanks for looking

 

 

 

 

 

You can see the finish blem under the B string in this picture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 3 minutes ago by franzbassist

[robiredale]

I have no justification for buying this sadly, but that's an awesome looking bass. Bet its a delight to play. Glwts.

[moley6knipe]

This is my favourite bass ever. Can you hold it until my choice of lottery numbers align with what their stupid machine picks? Somehow, either I’m selecting the wrong numbers or Dr Lottery is.

[franzbassist]

I appreciate Franz basses are a relatively unknown quantity in the UK, so I will drop the price to £2k, which is basically a third off new.

Edited 4 minutes ago by franzbassist

[TheGreek]

Beautiful colour...

[Owen]

On 24/02/2025 at 19:18, TheGreek said:

Beautiful colour...

There is no denying that. 

[MuddBass]

Lovely looking bass 

[franzbassist]

Redundancy confirmed so I need this gone folks 

[Owen]

Suckage

[lowregisterhead]

Sorry to hear that. I do love the simplicity and clean, uncluttered lines of this bass, but the unfortunately the colour really isn't for me... 🙁 GLWTS!

[Parkie]

Think this looks fab, unfortunately out of my range right now so have a bump on me

[Roadybus]

...it's not only the look

These are fab basses. I just came out of 'Musik Produktiv'-Shops doors 

(Thomann & Produktiv are the 2 biggest in Germany).

actually i played a 'Merak' 10min ago...

it's 3900,-€

 

[franzbassist]

14 hours ago, Roadybus said:

...it's not only the look

These are fab basses. I just came out of 'Musik Produktiv'-Shops doors 

(Thomann & Produktiv are the 2 biggest in Germany).

actually i played a 'Merak' 10min ago...

it's 3900,-€

Thanks for this. Yes, they really are superb basses and, as you note, this is a bargain.

[Roadybus]

you're welcome. it's simply the truth.